Bouquet-holder



No. 6|7,95|. A Patented 1an. I7, |899. R. J. BRATTDN.

BUUUUET HOLDER.

(No Model.)

wpentoz.' rm/bm.- l 05er Jdfawv'/ 6%' f6@ www@ ROBERT J. BRATTON, OFDANA, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO RACHEL THOMPSON, OF SCOTTLAND,ILLINOIS.

BOUQU ET-HOLDER.

SPECIFfCATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 617,951, dated January1'7, 1899.

Application filed September 22, 1898. Serial No. 691,612. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ROBERT J. BRATTON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Dana, in the county of Vermilion and State of Indiana, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Bouquet-Holders, of which thefollowing is a specification.

Myinvention relates to devices for fastening small bouquets, such as areknown' as boutonnire, on garments; and its object is to provide animproved construction of the saine by which such bouquets may be held ina secure and efficient manner.

The invention consists in the novel construction hereinafter fullydescribed and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of abouquet-holder constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is asimilar view showing a slightlymodified construction. Fig. 3 shows thedevice attached to a garment.

The said holder is made of a single piece of spring-wire comprising thehorizontal pointed arm l, bent to form coils 2, the vertical arm 3,formed with coils 4, the upwardly-extending arm 5, the curved arm 6,connecting said arm with an arm 7, formed near its lower end with aninwardly-extending hump or offset 8, the coils 9, and theupwardly-extending arm lO, having its end bent outwardly at a rightangleand coiled to form a catch l2 for the pointed arm l.

In using the device the arm l is passed through a garment and its pointengaged with the coils l0. The bouquet is then passed down behind thecurved arm 6 and the hump or offset 8, the resistance of the wireholding it securely in place.

In the modification shown invFig. 2 the arm 5 at the lower end isprovided with an offset and at the upper' end is curved inwardly andthen outwardly and inwardly, forming the arm 6, and then curvedoutwardly and extended vertically downward, forming the arm 7, which isprovided with an offset at the lower end. Otherwise the construction isthe same as shown in Fig. l.

The device can be used as a pencil-holder, if desired.

Having thus fully described my invent-ion, what I claim is-e l. As animproved article, a holder of the character described consisting of asingle piece of wire bent tol form the arm l, coils 2, arm 3, coils 4,arm 5, curved arm 6, arm 7, coils 9, arm lO and coils 12, substantiallyas specified.

2. As an improved article, a holder of the character describedcomprising the horizontal arm formed with coils, the downwardlyextendingarm formed with coils, the upwardly-extending arm, the curved arm, thedownwardly-extending arm formed with a hump and with coils and theupwardly-extending arm formed with coils which serve as a catch for thepoint of the horizontal arm, substantially as specified.

3. A holder consisting of a single piece of wire pointed at one end, toform apin, and bent to produce a clamping-piece cooperating with saidpin, connected at one end with the pin by outgoing and returning arms,and having similar arms at the other end carrying a catch for the pin,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witncsses.

ROBERT J. BRATTON.

Witnesses:

FRANK H. SMlTH, ROYAL W. THOMPSON.

